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spend (time/money) on (sth)
表示在某个方面花费时间或金钱。
I spend a lot of money on books.
我在书上花很多钱。
花费；支付
spent — past of spend · irregular form
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
花费；支付
To pay out money.
I spend a lot of money on books.
我在书上花很多钱。
支付(金钱)
To pay out (money).
授予；使用；常与 on 或 upon 连用
To bestow; to employ; often with on or upon.
耗尽；使疲惫
To exhaust, to wear out.
消耗；花费(时间)
To consume, to use up (time).
spend
Base
原形
spends
3rd person
第三人称单数
spending
-ing
现在分词
spent
Past
过去式
spent
Past participle
过去分词
I spend too much time on social media.
我在社交媒体上花了太多时间。
She spent all her money on clothes.
她把所有的钱都花在衣服上了。
We have spent three hours on this project.
我们在这个项目上已经花了三个小时。
spend 的过去式和过去分词都是 spent，不规则变化。
I spend about two hundred dollars a month on public transport.
我每个月大约花两百美元在公共交通上。
She spent her whole salary on a new laptop.
她把整个月的工资都花在了一台新笔记本电脑上。
They are spending too much money on decorations for the party.
他们正在花太多钱买派对装饰品。
表示在某个方面花费时间或金钱。
I spend a lot of money on books.
我在书上花很多钱。
表示花时间做某事，in常省略。
She spent two hours (in) preparing dinner.
她花了两个小时准备晚餐。
表示与某人一起度过时间。
He likes to spend time with his friends.
他喜欢和朋友在一起。
Not this
I spend 10 dollars for the book.
Use this
I spend 10 dollars on the book.
英语中表示「花钱在某物上」使用介词 on，而非 for。这是受到中文「为……花钱」的影响。
Not this
I spend two hours to do homework.
Use this
I spend two hours doing homework.
spend 表示「花费时间做某事」时，后接动名词 (doing)，而非不定式 (to do)。这是动词搭配错误，常见于中文学习者。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
花时间
I like to spend time with my family.
我喜欢花时间与家人在一起。
花钱
She spends money on books every month.
她每个月都花钱买书。
花一大笔钱
He spent a fortune on that car.
他花了一大笔钱买那辆车。
明智地花费
It's important to spend your money wisely.
明智地花钱很重要。
花时间做某事
I spend time reading every day.
我每天花时间阅读。
挥金如土
He spends money like water on luxury cars.
他买豪车挥金如土。
上厕所
Excuse me, I need to spend a penny.
对不起，我需要去趟厕所。
共度美好时光
Parents should spend quality time with their children.
父母应该与孩子共度美好时光。
花所有时间等待那第二次机会
I spend a lot of time studying English.
我花很多时间学习英语。
我将在死亡中度过余生。
He spent his whole life helping others.
他一生都在帮助他人。
Use spent naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
把‘spend’拆成‘sp’（是泼）和‘end’（结束），泼出去的钱就结束了，记住‘花费’。
通常用于花费时间或金钱，语域中性偏口语，常见于日常对话和一般书面语，典型场景包括休闲、购物、工作等。
及物动词，后接时间或金钱，常用介词 on
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